HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of Nov. 23, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Bilingual Psychological Associates, PC, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Electronic Medical Record, Network Server
- Submission date
- Nov. 23, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12490, row:3629)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Bilingual Psychological Associates dba Houston Autism Center, reported that a former workforce member impermissibly accessed the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,925 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI.